I came to the conclusion that I can’t go through life not expecting something. Because, even that is an expectation.
Expecting not to expect anything… and those expectations always bring disappointments. which is natural! In fact, I can’t have most of the things that I expected in life! So, in order to adapt I learned to lower my expectations not to be too disappointed if things don’t work the way I wanted.
But why? Am I that afraid of being disappointed? Lowering my personal standards? But I’ve already taken all elements into consideration before forming this expectation, I had them lower to begin with? Can’t I even get that?
I don’t want to end not expecting too much out of everything, I might become less frustrated when things don’t go my way but would I be a happier person? I don’t know… it just strikes me!
Again, no one is probably reading/caring about this post, so there you go… labeled “Personal”.
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Nah, I think I stop by about once a week, so you’re not talking to yourself. I pretty much just bug one Jordanian though. So, as for your “expectation” dilemma, shit, about everyone goes through that. One thing’s for sure, expect the unexpected. In time, something really good will kick-up, just when you least expect it. Here’s some lyrics that I once wrote: You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need! Wait a minute, that’s the Rolling Stones. Damn!
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Jan 26 10 at
8:05 am
i think expectations set you up for disappointment. i think the remedy is not to lower your expectations (what a tragedy that is!), but to confront them as fast as possible. i’ve thought about this at length, and here’s a link to my “conclusions” if you will –
http://petitenemesis.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/dear-expectations/
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Jan 27 10 at
4:08 pm
